All 4 Uses of
affirm
in
The House of Mirth
- She had never heard him speak with such energy of affirmation.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- I see," she affirmed, with the more earnestness because she was so nervously conscious that she did not; and after a pause she added: "I'm so sorry—but ought we to have waited?"†
Chpt 2.2
- Her loudly affirmed pleasure at seeing Miss Bart took the form of a nebulous generalization, which included neither enquiries as to her future nor the expression of a definite wish to see her again.†
Chpt 2.4
- And as he wavered before her, still watching for a break in the impenetrable front she presented: "Don't give me up; I may still do credit to my training!" she affirmed.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(affirm as in: I affirm the statement) to firmly state that something is true